Chapter 177: Iverson
(The third cute master was born, thank you for the support of the cute master Xiaomeng all the time oo~~)
"Aaron, you can't be so decadent now, you need to cut ties with your group of friends, those guys will ruin your life!"
On February 1, 1994, in a modest apartment in Newster City, Virginia, USA, a middle-aged black woman was roaring angrily at a black teenager.
At this time, the picture on the TV was playing an NBA basketball game, if it weren't for the teenager's frequent flickering eyes when staring at the TV screen, maybe the people next to him would think that the teenager was a dementia, but, in the face of the teenager I don't know if it was deliberately silent, at this time, the black woman who had been roaring for a long time sighed and sat down on the dilapidated sand behind her.
And at this time, next to these two people, a black girl of thirteen or fourteen years old was crying with a little black girl of three or four years old.
This is a typical black single-parent family, and as the pillar of this family, Anne Iverson is full of helplessness at this time, because his son really breaks his heart.
"Aaron, I know you can't listen to what I'm saying right now, but you have to think about your own future, it's been more than a month since you got out of prison, you've been fooling around with your brothers every day except staying at home, you've really given up basketball? Is this your choice? ”
Anne Iverson doesn't know how many times she said this at home, but every time it awaited Alan Iverson's silence, and sometimes silence was even more terrible than rejection.
Although her family was poor, like other black single-parent families, she did not expect little Iverson to become a big man in the sky. But again, she really didn't want Iverson to follow his adoptive father's path because the drugs had gone into prison and he was still in his cell. She only hopes that little Iverson will not live without dignity like one of her again.
It's just that she was very disappointed. Iverson, who had always been hopeful about his future, has changed since four months in prison, and the child, who had been told at a young age that he would take on the responsibilities of the family, is now unable to shoulder his own future.
At this time, Anne Iverson was very confused, really confused, for the future of Aaron Iverson, she has been running almost everywhere she can go recently, and the whole of Virginia has been run by her, and his son is already a senior in high school this year. There are less than 4 months left before graduation, and at this time he has not received an admission letter from any university, for the current United States, a problem student who has been in prison more than once is an intolerable deposit in any prestigious school, even if such a student was once a class genius.
Although Anne is very disappointed in her son, she can also understand it, because if she were any person, when he changed from a genius sought after by everyone to a criminal who everyone disliked in just half a year. No teenager can take this lightly, but to Anne's disappointment, her son gave up too soon. She didn't want that, especially when her son didn't repent after he was released from prison, and was still hanging out with his group of fox friends, she was really disappointed, even desperate, she really couldn't imagine that Alan Iverson would have a future like his father and adoptive father, it was really terrible.
"Aaron, yesterday I went to Mr. Alex to ask for his help, he said. He will do his best to help you."
After saying this last sentence, the black woman got up from the sand and left. After the woman left dejectedly, her eyes flickered and she stared at the TV. Just like the young man who didn't hear the woman just now, he directly hugged his head and choked up at this time.
He really regrets it now, regrets what he did at the beginning, if time can be turned back, he is willing to start from the heart, play basketball and football well, and no longer pay attention to his group of friends, but sometimes, even if he really wants to turn back time, he can't do it, and he really doesn't feel that he has any hope in life now, of course he is very clear that it is worth all what his mother has done in the recent period, and has run almost all the colleges in Virginia, But when those universities rejected him again and again, it was not only his mother who was heartbroken, he was also heartbroken, and he knew that he was completely finished.
A senior has spent his entire senior year in prison, and a player who hasn't played a game is not trustworthy, no matter how brilliant his record is, it's just a good past, and he's like many people say, he's gone, although Allen Iverson doesn't want to believe in this fact, but as many people say, he's already a waste, and his future is to slowly go to the cage or die in drugs and guns.
"Mr. Alex, he's done his best, will he really be able to get himself on the pitch again? It's no longer possible."
Wiping the tears on his face, looking at the figure of the Jazz No. 8 on the TV who hit the inside of the rocket countless times, the smile on Iverson's face was very bitter, and he also wanted to get up again and again like his idol, but no one was willing to give him another chance to get up.
Recently, the NBA has created a new rookie game during the All-Star Weekend, and the format of this game has caused a sensation in the whole United States as soon as it was announced, because among all the professional sports leagues in the United States, the NBA has combined professional sports and non-professional sports for the first time. But no other sports league has put professional and non-professional players on the same stage to compete like the NBA.
Although it is extremely rare compared to only 2 places out of 1o players. But this is a huge opportunity for many high school talents, and almost all the major high school talents in the United States have contacted the head coaches or captains of these two teams after the NBA announced the news. is ready to self-recommend, that is, Lin Han does not have an agent and does not have an official contact information. Otherwise, Lin Han would have been annoyed to death by these high school geniuses.
And even if there is no official contact information, but this time, Lin Han was still approached by an old friend.
As the editor-in-chief of USA Today's basketball department, Alex can be said to be a jack of all trades in the young basketball world in the United States, not only in the NCAA but also in high school basketball, although in the United States, many media outlets select the best players in high school basketball every year. The No. 1 team in the United States and other awards, but the No. 1 player in the United States for high school students in the United States, the No. 1 team in the United States is definitely the most authoritative, of course, in recent times, the United States Today has been reporting more and more on the NBA events, because their relationship with Lin Han is really getting closer and closer, and Lin Han's news is indeed a guarantee of sales, as the media with the best relationship with Lin Han, they have a lot of exclusive reports that other media do not have, which is a huge resource. I had to let them focus more on the NBA.
But even so, for young players, USA Today still has no intention of giving up. And this time Alex is here because of this.
"Iverson is a very good young player, I really don't want such a young player to be ruined just because of some problems in his life, Lin, I really hope you can give him this quota in your hand, this is my request, what do you think"
In the home team locker room of the Delta Center Arena in Utah, the other Jazz players had already left after the game with the Rockets at this time, and at this time, Lin Han and Alex had been talking for more than half an hour, to be precise, Alex was talking. Lin Han was listening to the editor-in-chief of USA Today telling a story about a teenager named Alan Iverson.
"And. Lin, I think you should also be aware of the violence of public opinion in the United States right now. I think you've seen a lot of news about Iverson in the media lately, but a lot of news reports are untrue, and I know very well that kid, although his personality is a little paranoid, but he's not a bad guy."
For Iverson, a player, how can Lin Han not know that when he was most hacked by the American media, there was always a person who accompanied him in major media and the person who was hacked was Iverson, so to speak, it is very clear that Lin Han is not introduced by the editor-in-chief of USA Today.
As for giving this place in his hand to Iverson, Lin Han didn't think it was impossible, although Larry Bird contacted him not long ago, hoping that Lin Han could use the spot in his hand to choose Ronnie Fields from Chicago, one of the three major dunks in the basketball world of high school students in the United States, or the three big dunks, because Larry Bird once told him that he had contacted Fields' teammate Garnett, and Garnett was willing to accept Larry Bird's invitation to become a member of the legendary team. This Garnett's junior in high school is rated as the No. 1 player in the future American high school basketball by USA Today, but he has been stared at by many people, not only Larry Bird is interested in him, but Barkley's challengers are also very interested in him, if it weren't for Larry Bird's more charismatic personality than Barkley, more believable, this young genius, the future No. 1 high school student would have run with Barkley.
Don't think that Lin Han is still here now, no one has been selected, and others will be the same as Lin Han has not yet started to select players, in fact, except for Lin Han, everyone else has basically been selected, after losing Garnett, Barkley selected another level of high school forward Raheem, and Hardaway selected the current very popular high school junior player in the American high school basketball world, Vince Carter, one of the three major dunks in the American high school basketball world, It can be said that whether it is Raheem or Carter, these are the figures who are now standing at the top of the American high school basketball world.
Of course, Lin Han really doesn't know so much about these players, Carter's name he knows from Ellie, this is a silver-level legendary player, and he should be very powerful. Of course, although he didn't know much about these people, Garnett's name Lin Han still knew. Lin Han now also has a purple-gold skill that has been passed down from Garnett, so when he learned that Larry Bird got Garnett. Lin Han was very happy, and what Larry Bird meant at the time was that although Garnett agreed to him to become a player on the Legends team, Garnett had a request, that is, he wanted to include his teammate Ronnie Fields, one of America's top three point guards.
Although Larry Bird didn't agree immediately after telling Lin Han about this, in fact, Lin Han was also ready to give this place to Fields, but now. Alex did this, Lin Han was really a little hesitant.
For a while, there were really some not so good options, on one side was Larry Bird's request, and on the other hand, there was a request from the United States today, both of which had a good relationship with themselves.
Especially at this time, looking at Alex's earnest and expectant eyes, and thinking of the young man who had accompanied him through many hacked years, Lin Han gritted his teeth a little at this time, and then nodded.
"Mr. Alex, don't worry, I know what to do. I'll give this last spot to Aaron Iverson."
In the end, after Lin Han finished speaking with a wry smile, Alex was also relieved, he really had no qualifications to ask Lin Han to make this choice. But there was no way, not only did he not want Iverson to fall, but also the appearance of Iverson's mother when she was about to kneel to him at that time, so that he had no choice but to go all out and ask Lin Han to give Iverson a chance to prove himself again.
So when Lin Han agreed to Alex's request, the editor-in-chief who entered the United States also told Lin Han about Iverson's mother almost all over Virginia and Virginia, which also made Lin Han very emotional.
"He's really lucky to have a mother who is willing to do anything for him"
When he thought of this, Lin Han was also a little stunned, and at this time, looking at Lin Han's expression, Alex was also stunned, and finally thought of Lin Han's family background. The editor-in-chief of USA Today also smiled wryly.
If he had told the story of Iverson's mother first, Lin Han would definitely not hesitate for so long. But he couldn't do it first, because it was an alternative kind of moral kidnapping.
But. No matter what the process in the middle is, but the result is very good, Lin Han is willing to give Iverson a chance to prove himself in front of fans in the United States and even the world, then he has fulfilled the entrustment given by Anne Iverson.
"I think they'll be very happy"
When he thought of this, the editor-in-chief of USA Today also laughed heartily.
The day after the game with the Rockets, that is, on February 2nd, all the focus of public opinion in the NBA was on the NBA's latest announcement of the East and West All-Star bench lineup, since the All-Star Game lineup was released some time ago, almost all the media in the United States are staring at the bench lineup, after all, this year's All-Star is so special, Lin Han's sideways, role players in the All-Star position counterattack, The All-Star Game that has dominated the NBA for more than a decade is absent for the first time, and so on, it can be said that this year's All-Star Game is really attracting attention.
And when the All-Star bench lineup was announced, it caused a wave again, just like in previous years.
On the Eastern side, in addition to BJ Armstrong and Kenny Anderson, Pippen, Coleman and O'Neal, the other seven bench players are Ewing of the Knicks, Mark Price of the Cavaliers, Dominic Wilkins of the Hawks, Anfernee Hardaway of the Magic, Blaylock of the Hawks, Grant of the Bulls, and Oakley, the butcher of the New York Knicks.
As for the Western side, in addition to Stockton, Lynham, Malone and Barkley and Olajuwon, the other seven bench players are Drexler and Clifford Robinson of the Trail Blazers, David Robinson of the Spurs, Richmond of the Kings, Sprewell of the Warriors and Payton of the Sound and Kevin Johnson of the Suns.
Of course, the main controversy caused by the announcement of the 24-man roster of the two teams is naturally that there are really a lot of players who have been selected as All-Stars for the first time this year, such as Oakley, the butcher of the New York Knicks in the East, his selection is very controversial, and the same is true for Blayrock of the same Hawks, but considering the Hawks' current record of first place in the East, it is understandable that two people from one team come in, at least much better than Armstrong, after all, Blaylock is now ranked third in the league in the assist list, which is not bad.
And on the West side, the most controversial is naturally Chris Mullin's absence and the addition of Sprewell, as the boss of the Warriors, Chris Mullin, a superstar, did not enter the All-Star, and his younger brother Sprewell actually entered, I have to say that such a situation is likely to make the already chaotic Warriors locker room even more chaotic.
Of course, in addition to the all-star bench lineup announced today, another very unbelievable thing is that Lin Han handed over an All-Star rookie game to Iverson.
"Lin Han is crazy? What is he doing with a waste guy for the All-Star Rookie Game?! (To be continued) r58o
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